O: This wasn't terrible, but it was below average for the style and not a particularly enjoyable beer to drink. Perhaps I got an old bottle from the mix-a-six rack at Trig's in Rhinelander, but in any case I'm in no hurry to revisit it.

Pours a light copper in color. In the taste, sweet malts and grain, fruity ale yeast and a mild hop balance. A little green apple, caramel, tea like hop bitterness and a more or less clean finish. Mild but a decent beer, glad I got an opportunity to try it.

Dark tawny appearance with a thick beige head that settles to leave spotty lacing.
Black cherries, toffee, molasses, and sweet potato nose, back with earthy hop bitters.
It rides into the mouth sweetly, with caramel-covered cherries (complete with vanilla-cream filling), maple syrup, and dried dates. The grainy and nutty qualities arrive midway to put the brakes on the sweetness, adding toasted multigrain bagels and bitter walnut notes. It ends with a slap of dry, bitter, herbaceous hops that ride long into the finish, along with a whisper of residual cherry.
Medium bodied, with low, but steady carbonation.
It's drinkable, for sure, but not the light-bodied, simple-focus lawnmower beer that the name likely suggests. It's best served cool, not cold, while watching one's bug zapper illuminate the night air.

Single from Woodmans. Tawny copper pour, good clarity, creamy off white foam. Surface texture is fine and creamy like nitro Guinness. Head retention is pretty good, it doesn't break after the first few sips.

Got this courtesy of my good friends Kristle and Jeremy, much thanks. It pours a copper/amber blend with no sediment. A 1/2 inch light tan head forms reducing to an over-the-top lacing. Carbonation is visible.

The aroma is a bit pungent with some earthy hop tones with some rye and sweet malt components, but mild.

The taste is very natural. Some earthy and grassy components combined with a malty sweetness including caramel and some minty notes hidden.

The mouthfeel is light-medium bodied. Carbonation is a bit high. It leaves a nice dry finish with smooth overall performance.

The best part is that each component is not overwhelming, which makes this and easily sessionable beer.

A-Pours a deep copper color with minimal head that stays in a ring on the surface of the beer.
S-Aromas of rye and toasted malt.
T-Very malty. Flavors of rye and toasted malt. Slightly bitter.
M-Good malt body, light carbonation, finishes fairly dry.
Overall, a tasty beer and very good for the style. Slightly bitter and very malty.

Review from notes. Received in a recent trade with Scoot1969. Always a pleasure to trade with you Scott, Thanks!

This is a nice example of a very decent IPA. A little darker color than I would have expected and a decent smell and head on it. Taste is very nice, doesn't overwhelm nor underperform. If you have a chance to try some you should as it's a very nice example of an IPA.

Pours clear mahogany with cream colored 2 finger head that settles back down to a quarter inch floating layer with interesting lacing. Very carbonated. This beer is supposedly made with primarily a Black Malt at small enough amounts to appear reddish. It certainly doesn't smell or taste like any Black Malt I've ever had. It has the intensely nutty hazelnut aroma of a really nice brown ale, with light amounts of grassy herbal hops. The hops do a nice initial pine and woody strike on the palate and dissipate quickly for the roasted nut flavored malt tones with just a tiniest whisper of lychee fruit-like esters. The brewery claims that there are supposed to be black cherry tones, but my tongue says lychee instead. Goes down easy, light bodied and smooth, can be sessioned if you are smart about your pace. Somebody somewhere called this a good "lawnmower" beer. I'd have to agree. Its a great summer thirst quencher with enough flavor to multitask as a serviceable sipper as well.

Pours a golden amber with a merangue-thick frothy head. Clean herbal, grassy, and sweet smell. Pleasantly soft flowery flavors of clover honey are set against a grainy malty base. A great big clean dose of citrusy piney hops balance beutifully for a excellant overall beer flavor. This is a much more substantial and flavorful summer seasonal than the usual thin watery hot weather golden whatevers that come out this time of year. But still very a drinkable and enjoyable lager. Home run.

Pours out chestnut brown and forms a frothy slightly off-white head with good, thick lacings and strong retention.

Minty and twiggy hops aroma up front on the nose. Luscious malts pushing up underneath, with notes of caramel, maple, whipped cream, and hazelnut.

A rush of green leafy hops comes out in the forefront. Chewy hops profile, like running a spruce branch across your gums (minus the cuts). Minty overtones steer the malts which bring out a toasted graham cracker flavor and hints of wood, toffee, and caramel.

Medium-light in body, sturdy carbonation, and a steady, numbing bitterness to the very finish.

I am thoroughly impressed by this beer. While the name lends itself to the beach-beer ideology, I see this rather as a beer to be enjoyed within the relative safety of the screen porch or hammock. Rock solid beer, probably best enjoyed before summer even rolls in.